Leucania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: |
Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1816 |
Leucania is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depressed third joint. Proboscis well developed. Eyes hairy. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Head not deeply retracted into the thorax, which is smoothly scaled. Abdomen with scarcely a trace of dorsal tufts on basal segments. Tibia and tarsi with short hairs. Fore wings with vein 8 and 9 anastomosing to form the areole. Vein 7 being given off from the end of it. Vein 10 before the end.